Magmatic resurgence in Long Valley caldera, California: Possible cause of the 1980 Mammoth Lakes earthquakes
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Abstract
Changes in elevation between 1975 and October 1980 along a leveling line across the Long Valley caldera indicate a broad (half-width, 15 kilometers) uplift (maximum, 0.25 meter) centered on the old resurgent dome. This uplift is consistent with reinflation of a magma reservoir at a depth of about 10 kilometers. Stresses generated by this magmatic resurgence may have caused the sequence of four magnitude 6 earthquakes near Mammoth Lakes in May 1980.
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| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Magmatic resurgence in Long Valley caldera, California: Possible cause of the 1980 Mammoth Lakes earthquakes |
| Series title | Science |
| DOI | 10.1126/science.217.4559.531 |
| Volume | 217 |
| Issue | 4559 |
| Year Published | 1982 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | American Association for the Advancement of Science |
| Description | 3 p. |
| First page | 531 |
| Last page | 533 |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| Other Geospatial | Long Valley caldera, Mammoth Lakes |